Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Mountsorrel Depot, Hawcliffe Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire LE12 7AH
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £26,427 - £32,004 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent.
Closing Date: Sunday 21st April 2024
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
An opportunity has arisen for a career graded Street Lighting Electrician to join our Operational Highways team at Leicestershire County Council, working as part of the team providing professional electrical support to service activities, undertake works on large scale installation programmes, support various projects including developer works, and other electrical schemes as instructed relating to street lighting, traffic signs and signals, and any other electrical signs and/or lighting as directed to meet programme and time targets.
Activities included in this role are: Electrical installations, Site Supervision, Estimated costing of repairs, Testing, Fault diagnosis and repair
As part of the career grading, you will undertake various maintenance works to increase your expertise in a range of street lighting and electrical disciplines, and to gain experience in technical practices; safe working procedures and use of equipment and power tools.
The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours and at different locations than your designated base.
About You
To apply for this post, you:
1. Have New Roads and Streetworks Act (NRSWA) Qualification (Operatives), City & Guilds Parts 1&2 Electrical Installation, BS 7671, 16th Edition IEE Wiring Regs or above, AM1 Practical Exam (Minimum), HEA/HERS registered, Mobile Elevated Work Platforms licence, Electricity at Work Act.
or demonstratable evidence of skills and experience with a commitment to attaining the essential qualifications.
2. Experience of problem identification and solving, use of information technology (eg personal computer, PDS, mobile phones etc) in a work-related context and the ability to take measurements and calculate quantities. areas, volumes and weights.
3. Have knowledge of Construction Health, Safety and Environmental requirements and safe working procedures and legislation including driver’s hours, PPE and manual handling.
4. Are able and willing to work with everyone in the team and to use your own initiative in planning and prioritising.
5. Have the ability to respond confidently to customers & colleagues with understanding & diplomacy whilst maintaining an objective & professional stance.
6. Can constructively challenge poor performance and/or behaviour and have the ability to remain calm & positive in challenging circumstances.
7. Are well organised and are able to prioritise your own workload and provide evidence of self-motivation using own initiative.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role,